1.Transform your existing Financials with Infosysand Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub Giriraj Somani, Subir Ghosh, Anand BalakrishnanThe need for single system to support for all financials management and analysisneeds, meaning fewer systems to support and maintain, less data to movearound, faster access to numbers, no need to reconcile the reporting systemagainst the financial management applications has been finally fulfilled withOracle Fusion Accounting Hub where reporting and financial managementapplications have been fused into being one and the same.

2. 1. BackgroundOver the last 5 years Oracle has added various tools and solutions to meet the business demands of the Finance and Accountingcommunity.Customers required better control on definition of accounting rules. Traditionally accounting rules definition was spread acrossmultiple modules and sub-ledger applications. Keeping these rules up to date was difficult to manage.Another key customer demand was to move from making manual adjustment entries when an event required differentaccounting treatment in different geographies or agencies.Oracle addressed both these needs through Oracle Financial Services Accounting Hub, a central accounting rules definitionengine, allowing among other things, superior controllership of definition of accounting rules even for non-Oracle sub-ledgers,and multiple representation of the same accounting event (like IFRS and US GAAP). Oracle Financial Services Accounting Hubwas renamed Oracle Financials Accounting Hub when positioned outside Financial Services vertical and was also adopted inOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 where it came to be known as SLA (Sub-Ledger Accounting).On the other hand, many finance departments were using Hyperion for consolidation, closing and reporting. Hyperion hasalways been the leader in this space having lived alongside Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle PeopleSoft and SAP. With Oraclesacquisition of Hyperion, Oracle started leveraging the benefits of Hyperion for account hierarchy definition, consolidation,allocations and reporting.This architecture of Oracle Financials Accounting Hub, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and Hyperion is the mostcomprehensive Financial System available today. With the release of Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub Oracle has provided anintegrated solution.Organizations with investments in Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft can get significant benefits through the implementationof the new Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub without having to rip apart their existing Financials investment. This paper providesan overview of Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and the various approaches for it to coexist with your existing Financialsinvestments.2. Oracle Fusion ApplicationsOne of the key drivers behind Oracles product acquisition strategy was to acquire products that had a niche in the market,where there were proven capabilities and a substantial market presence. Oracle will continue to develop, maintain and enhanceits product suite.Over the last several years Oracle has been building pre-built integration content and accelerators (known as Oracle ApplicationIntegration Architect (AIA)) to help customers integrate their different application suites. Oracle has also been working oninfusing the best features of each of these acquired products into a brand new application suite. This much awaited best ofbreed product has been aptly named Oracle Fusion Applications.2.1. Oracle Fusion Applications Choice of Adoption ScenariosTo move to Oracle Fusion Applications there are multiple options available as depicted in the picture below Oracle Fusion Applications Adoption Options Continue on Current Path Leverage Co-existence Opportunities Embrance pillar or Complete SuiteSolution Based Add OnPillar Base AdoptionOracleOracle Oracle Fusion Fusion FusionAccounting HCMFIN/SCM HubOraclePeopleSoftPeopleFusionHCMCRME-Business SiebelSuiteCRM2 | Infosys White Paper 3. Continue on Current Path In this approach customer needs to stay current on Oracle Application versions being leveragede.g. Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1, PeopleSoft 9.1, Siebel CRM 8.2 etc and build a future ready foundation leveraging OracleFusion Middleware as applicable.Co-Existence Option Add on specific Oracle Fusion Application modules In this approach customers move step by stepwith solution based add-ons or through pillar based adoption.The solution based add-on option is leveraged when a customer is looking for enhanced functionalities in existing applications. racle E-Business Suite procurement looking for advance procurement features can leverage Oracle Fusion Sourcing,OShared Spend and Contracts features as add-ons to Oracle E-Business Suite PeopleSoft HCM users looking for Talent Management features can leverage Oracle Fusion Talent Management racle E-Business Suite Financials users looking for advance analytical reporting and simple consolidation needs canOleverage Oracle Fusion Accounting HubSimilarly pillar based adoption is leveraged when a customer is planning to add altogether new business areas.a) Oracle E-Business Suite can have HCM in Oracle Fusion Applicationsb) Siebel CRM can have Financials and SCM in Oracle Fusion ApplicationsEmbrace Complete Pillar or Suite In this approach customer can deploy the comprehensive suite of Oracle Fusion Applicationslike ERP, HCM, SCM and CRM products.3. Oracle Fusion Accounting HubAs part of Oracle Fusion Applications, one of the significant enhancements that Oracle has introduced in the finance space isthe new Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub.Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub is the new and enhanced Avatar of the earlier Oracle Financial Accounting Hub.For once it seems that a product vendor has really been listening to the voice of the customer and has integrated features thatwere sorely lacking in their bevy of financial application products.Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub is truly a hub, which incorporates your accounting and reporting applications. Oracle FusionAccounting Hub incorporates the following major sub components: The General Ledger Sub-Ledger accounting rules engine Sub-Ledger accounting data repository (enabling you to store sub-ledger transaction and supplemental details that youwould not normally incorporate into your general ledger) Financial Allocations solution Master data management solution Date effective hierarchy manager (Hyperion DRM) ibrant financial and analytic reporting applicationsV ntegration with Enterprise Performance management applicationsI Infosys White Paper | 3 4. Oracle Fusion Accounting HubOracle Applications Create Journal JournalAllocationFinancial ReportingUnlimited Accounting ImportPostEngine & AnalysisFinancial Reporting Center R12 E-Business Suite DrilldownFinancial Reporting PeopleSoft EnterpriseDrilldown Account Monitor and JournalAccount Inspector EntriesGL Balances FusionSubledgerSubledgerSmart View on Excel Subledger Accounting AccountingDrilldown ApplicationsEngine Entries APBusiness Intelligence ARPublisher (BIP) FA INV etc Oracle Transactional DrilldownDrilldownDrilldown Business Intelligence (OTBI) Allocation Entries Write-backIntercompany Accounting Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications (OBIA)Other 3rd Party Systems Flow Diagram: Courtesy of OracleThe various components and their value propositions are given below3.1. The General LedgerBy incorporating the General Ledger into the hub, Oracle has once and for all settled the debate on the Thin vs. Thick GeneralLedger. The General Ledger as part of Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub has been broken down into two significant sub-aspects Thetransactions and The balances.Journal transactions flow into the hub / GL agnostic of origin; be it from the Oracle Fusion Sub-Ledgers, manual and spreadsheetuploads; entries from non-Oracle systems or from Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, etc. applications.The most exciting aspect of the GL is the fact that the GL balances are not maintained in the relational database anymore and aremaintained in multi-dimensional reporting capabilities cubes. The posting to the cubes is in real-time and the journal transaction isnot considered as posted until the dimensions have been populated, thereby ensuring that the OLTP and OLAP engines are alwaysin sync. On top of it hierarchy/tree balances are also real time too.The OLAP engine allows for robust data summarization and has taken the accounting capabilities of Oracle E-Business Suite andPeopleSoft to a completely new level offering pervasive data summarization and the ability to maintain and report on date effectivehierarchies. The cubes also offer the scalability to offer summarization of large data volumes without compromising on performance.Oracle has also incorporated the ability to drill down from the cubes to the source transaction in the originating sub-ledger,through Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and the Source Applications like Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft.money ( VFMfor)ue Va Val lueMulti dimensional GL Balances for mone ( VFM)ey y(on VF M) mValue for4 | Infosys White Paper 5. 3.2. Sub-Ledger Accounting Rules EngineSub-ledger accounting or SLA was the buzz word for the finance world with the release of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. SLAis a rules based accounting engine that introduced the ability to define how transactions originating in sub-ledgers are accounted.As part of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, Oracle also included Oracle Financials Accounting Hub that extended SLA to non-Oracle systems. SLA and Oracle Financials Accounting Hub basically sent data into the same schema (XLA). Oracle has retainedthis functionality in Oracle Fusion - Accounting Hub.Oracle Fusion Applications has brought these two accounting engines together and has provided us with the ability to definerules and store financial data from both Oracle Fusion Applications and non-Oracle Fusion Application systems in the same datastructures.Oracle is offering out of the box, pre-built connector and seeded accounting rules to integrate with the Oracle E-Business Suiteand PeopleSoft Applications.One of the significant benefits of SLA was the ability to generate multiple accounting representations (IFRS, local GAAP etc) fora single sub-ledger transaction event. Oracle has retained this functionality with Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and has alsoretained and extended the functionality of Primary, Secondary and Reporting Currency ledgers that were introduced with OracleE-Business Suite Release 12.With Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub the biggest value add is that you need not define and maintain any accounting rules oraccounting transaction generating capability in your legacy applications such as a non-Oracle order processing or inventorymanagement system. Users can define the accounting rules based on the transaction events that are flowing in from theseapplications into Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and feed in only the raw transactions from the source system into Oracle FusionAccounting Hub. The SLA engine in Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub is capable of deriving the accounting transactions (journalentries) based on the raw data feed.SLA also offers the ability to define date effective accounting rules and users have the ability to maintain rules in advance to cater toany changes in accounting treatment. Date effective accounting rules enabled accounting for a transaction based on the appropriatetreatment of the period in which it originated.money ( VFMfor)ue Va Val lueRemove accounting rules from non-accounting systems. for mone ( VFM)ey y(on VF M) mValue for3.3. Sub-Ledger accounting data repositoryThe SLA layer also maintains balances and the granular transaction level details of the accounting event that originated in the sub-ledger Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub, retaining the ability that was introduced in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 to maintainsub-ledger accounting transactions and journal entries in the SLA layer along with sub-ledger non accounting transaction detailssuch as supplier, customer and asset number.The SLA layer provides the ability to maintain supporting references which are basically user configurable transaction attributes thatprovide additional information that are relevant to the financial transaction. Supporting references can also be better understood asextensible accounting segment values that are relevant only to transactions that originate from certain sub-ledgers.The biggest benefit with supporting references is the ability to track balances on these supporting references as with any of theother dimensions or segments of the COA. The only point to note is that these supporting references and the balances on themare stored only within SLA.money ( VFMfor)ue Va Val lueSLA data repository stores granular transactional data with additional attributes to support analysis and reporting for mone ( VFM)ey y(on VF M) mValue forInfosys White Paper | 5 6. 3.4. Financial Allocations SolutionOracle Fusion Accounting Hub has incorporated another feature that was lacking in earlier releases of the product, namely amore robust allocation engine. Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub includes a new functionality called Allocation Manager (erstwhile Hyperion Calculation Manager). The allocation manager works on the multi dimensions cubes where the allocation calculationengine is more robust. The engine also has the ability to write back allocation journal entries to the General Ledger.money ( VFMfor)ue Va Val lueRobust allocation computation within multi-dimension cubes; Journal write back to the GL for mone ( VFM)ey y(on VF M) mValue for3.5. COA Master Data management solution - Hyperion Data Relationship ManagementWith Hyperion Data relationship management (DRM) Oracle has created a simple tool with which to keep all Charts of accountsand hierarchies in sync. The DRM can integrate with both Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft applications as well as non-Oracle COAs and the Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub. DRM ensures that any updates to values and hierarchies are seamlesslyintegrated between these various COA repositories.money ( VFMfor)ue Va Val lueAutomatically keep your COA in sync between accounting systems for mone ( VFM)ey y(on VF M) mValue for3.6. Vibrant financial and analytic reporting applicationsWith Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and the movement of GL balances to multi dimension cubes, Oracle has introduced an arrayof reporting toolsets for users to choose from depending on their business needs. With the Oracle acquisition of Siebel, Hyperionand their internally developed XML / BI Publisher suite of products, Oracles arsenal is very strong and as expected it has deliveredby incorporating all of these products into the Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub.The needs of financial users range from being able to view summarized financial data at the level of hierarchical parents andgrandparents down to being able to drill down to the source transactions that was the origin of the balance.By incorporating the reporting toolset on a pre-aggregated multi-dimensional database, Oracle has made reporting fast, easy andaccurate. Users have the ability to slice and dice on data across dimensions and drill up, down and sideways on any parents.Any company that has been through a re-org knows that reporting comparative financials based on the new organization hierarchyis a major headache. PeopleSoft has the ability to define and maintain date effective hierarchies and Oracle has integrated thisfeature into Oracle Fusion Applications. The biggest benefit from this new feature is that users can now view any financials as perthe past, current or future hierarchies. This should make regenerating past years based on the new hierarchies a lot less arduous.Oracle has addressed another major pain point in previous tools, the ability for users to write down annotations or explanationsof variances in their analysis, which can serve as a future point of reference performing Sec 404 compliance.As the table below shows, Oracle has clearly indicated that one size does not fit all and has tailored each of its Oracle FusionAccounting Hub reporting products to cater to a specific need: Reporting NeedSolution Professional quality, boardroom ready financial statements with Financial Reporting Center and Financial Reporting (FR) live drilldowns to source transactions Exception-based account monitoring with multi-dimensional- Account Monitor Financial Reporting Center analysis (and drilldown) - Account Inspector Spreadsheet-based financial reports with multi-dimensional Smart View (Excel, Office) analysis, pivoting, and drilldown High volume operational reporting (with XML templates)BI Publisher (BIP) Ad hoc queries of transactionsOracle Transaction Business Intelligence (OBIA) KPIs, metrics, and highly summarized queries from a data Oracle Business Intelligence Analytics (OBIA) warehouse6 | Infosys White Paper 7. Reporting Tool CapabilityFinancial Reporting Center This tool provides the ability to view your traditional P&L and Balance sheet type reports without running the report. Once the report is designed, when the users open the report is automatically shows real time balances. Oracle has also incorporated the ability to embed charts and graphs as well to enhance visual appeal and increase usability. Users also have the ability to drill down from the reports to the journals making up the balance in the GL. The other big benefit is the ability to publish your reports in a variety of formats ranging from MS Excel, PDF MS Word and MS , PowerPoint.Account Monitor andBoth of these new tools are designed to enable better monitoring and control for those who signAccount Inspectoroff on specific accounts at month end. The Account Monitor tool allows users to define the critical accounts, thresholds and rules. This tool basically helps to monitor the balances in the accounts as against the previous month or budgets and forecasts and automatically computes and displays variances and trends. From account monitor, we can drill down to Account Inspector for details. Account Inspector provides pivot table like analysis capabilities for slicing and dicing balances.Smart View With the acquisition of Hyperion, Oracle has been able to incorporate the Excel add-in (Smart view) into the Oracle Fusion Applications. The smart view basically allows accountants to view their account balances including hierarchies information in Excel which is typically the product of choice.BI Publisher (XML publisher) Oracle E-Business Suite native XML based reporting tool has been retained in Oracle Fusion Applications. BI publisher allows you to define extremely scalable repots based on familiar templates in word and excel. The biggest change is that the content and the layout of the reports are treated as spate entities and are defined and handled as such.OTBI Oracle TransactionOracle Discoverer and the BI answers portion of OBIEE have been replaced with this new tool thatBusiness Intelligenceallows users to go against the transactional data for ad-hoc queries.OBIA Oracle Business Oracle OBIEE (Siebel Analytics) has been renamed as OBIA offering the ability for users to view standardIntelligence Analytics reports in dashboard with the ability to view data in tabular and graphical modes.money ( VFMfor)ueMulti-dimensional reporting capabilities, Annotation capability, Integration with MS Office for Va Val lue for mone ( VFM)presentation ready reports from Oracleey y(on VF M) mValue for4. Design ConsiderationsOverlap Hence this architecture allows certain choices about how to achieve some of the key elements of a FinancialAccounting System. In this section we explore the key tasks or features and how they may be achieved with Oracle FinancialsAccounting Hub. odeling the Accounting RepresentationsM ub Ledger AccountingS usion Accounting Hub and Enterprise Data StoreF Consolidation racle Fusion Accounting Hub vs. Oracles Hyperion Financial ManagementO se Oracle Fusion Middleware to get the full benefit of Oracle Fusion Accounting HubUThe next few pages describe the major solution choices you have and its impact on the architecture. The table at the endsummarizes these solution options.Infosys White Paper | 7 8. 4.1. Modeling the Accounting RepresentationsSLA can represent the same event differently in different books if required. This section has a briefly describes the differentapproaches that can be taken to address local needs and corporate requirements. A particular client is likely to fall into one of thefollowing scenarios:Local Needs aligned to CORP Reporting Needs: Corporate Ledger SetsThis is the simplest scenario where we maintainPrimary Ledger:CORPORATEa primary book in the local currency and use the (LOCAL LEDGER)REPORTINGreporting currency functionality to report to Corporate.COA:CorpUse Reporting SLAM: CorpCurrency functionalityCurrency: LocalCurrency: CORPRegulated Country:Here the local reporting is different enough to warranta separate ledger. However the differences are small Corporate Ledger Setsand you maintain only a minimal local COA. ByPrimary Ledger:CORPORATEminimal, we mean only for the subset of accounts,(LOCAL LEDGER)REPORTINGwhich require a different treatment. So the Primary COA:CorpUse ReportingBooks still have the Corporate COA, CorporateSLAM: CorpCurrency functionalityCurrency: LocalCurrency: CORPSLAM with Local Currency. The reporting currency ischosen a Corporate Currency and reporting currencySLAfunctionality is used for Corporate Reporting. Minimal Secondary Ledger:Secondary Ledger contains the sub-set local COA, local(MINIMUM LOCAL LEDGER)SLAM and local currency. Local reporting is achievedCOA:Corpthrough a combination of Secondary Accounts (withSLAM: CorpCurrency: Locallimited accounts requiring differential treatment) andPrimary Ledger (for the remainder accounts).Heavily Regulated Country: Corporate Ledger SetsIn heavily regulated countries it makes sense to have theSecondary Ledger: CORPORATEPrimary Ledger aligned to local needs with Local COA,REPORTINGLocal SLAM and Local Currency. Use the secondaryCOA:CorpUse Reporting SLAM: CorpCurrency functionalityledger to prepare all transactions for corporateCurrency: LocalCurrency: CORPreporting. The secondary ledger has Corporate COA,Corporate SLAM but with Local Currency and it SLAprepared using SLA functionality. Use Corporate Primary Ledger:Reporting functionality on the secondary ledger for(LOCAL LEDGER)Corporate Reporting.COA:Corp SLAM: CorpCurrency: Local8 | Infosys White Paper 9. 4.2. Sub-ledger AccountingA fast, highly configurable sub-ledger accounting (SLA) system provides allows better controllership and functionality like multipleaccounting representation of the same event. In this section we will discuss the design and implementation considerations in usingthe SLA:Transaction originating Sub-LedgerAvailability Design Considerations Define accounting rules in the SLA engine so as to simplify the maintenance and derive consistent andOracle Fusion ApplicationsYes business flows based accounting based on transaction events. Currently release V1 does not support integration between Oracle Fusion Applications for SLA and Oracle E-Business Suite, and PeopleSoft sub-ledgers. IntegrationOracle E-Business Suite or PeopleSoft No packs are available between Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Oracle General Ledger and Oracle Fusion General Ledger through journal import. Define the non-Oracle system as an application in Oracle Fusion Applications for SLA; define the appropriate accounting events and the accounting definitions relevantNon Oracle legacy systems Yes to the system. Feed in raw data (not a journal entry) and let SLA derive the accounting transaction based on the data feed.It is also important to note that SLA gives you the ability to retain granular and relevant sub-ledger transaction attributes thatare relevant for reporting in the SLA layer and use them for analysis. The purpose is to be able keep the detail at hand but outof the GL. During analysis, Oracle allows you fast drill down from the account balance or journal transaction to the relevantsub-ledger transaction in the SLA layer. Supporting references allows you to define user configurable attributes that you wouldconsider relevant for analysis and on which Oracle can track balances as well.Users who would like to have control over the balances been updated in the GL (Multi dimension cubes) can decide that allposting will be controlled and either triggered manually or automatically at specified times rather than allowing it automaticallyfrom the originating sub-ledger transaction. Infosys White Paper | 9 10. 4.3. Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and Enterprise Data Store or DWHow does the Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub fit into your Enterprise Data-Store (EDS) and Enterprise DW plan? The standarddesign approach is given below. The 3rd Party Systems would pump rich transactional data into your EDS. Oracle FusionAccounting Hub SLA picks up the data from the EDS and creates journals which when posted updates journal balances. GLBalances would also typically flow into the EDS. This architecture allows storing rich data into your EDS while keeping your GLclean and thin. A high level architecture for a banking environment is given below.Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and EDS and EDW Source FinSourceSource SubGL Ledgers Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub DRM - Accounts & HierarchyMortgage Sub SLA GL Fin Reports System LedgerJournalsEntries Balances& AnalysisEngine TreasurySystem Import Post Consolidate Allocate CardsSystem Raw DataOther Sub- Data Model Data Marts Store Ledgers4.3.1. Client Example: Multiple Applications serving same functionThis Financial Services Company, which had grown through acquisitions, was using different applications in different geographies.For example, they had one loan origination application for the US and another one for Australia. Each application had its owndata structure.Problem: Should we treat each application differently in the SLA Engine or should we try to standardize?Suggested Approach: The customer used the implementation program to standardize data coming from these two applications.The data was pushed to a staging table, massaged to standardize it and then pushed to Raw (Operational) Data Store. It required adetailed study of the data coming from these 2 applications and defining a standard data format for load origination application. Italso required a clear definition of data transformation requirement to get the source data into the standard format.This approach led to the following benefits: Fewer rules needed to be defined in Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub: The key benefit was reduced future maintenanceeffort and simplicity in design A standard definition allowed the customer to compare metrics across the two geographies, leading to better control andsharing of best practices between the geographies10 | Infosys White Paper 11. 4.4. ConsolidationOracle Financials Accounting Hub consolidation (read 4.5) would almost always be done in Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub.Any consolidation which was earlier done in the Source GL would be discontinued. Doing the consolidation in Oracle FusionAccounting Hub (as against doing it in Source GL) provides several advantages llows flexibility of 3rd party accounting to flow into Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub GL and take advantage of theAOracle Fusion Applications SLA engine Take advantage of date effective account hierarchies allowed by DRM. This allows same financial data to be reportedagainst different hierarchies ultiple representation of same event by Oracle Fusion Applications for SLA allows all books to be correctly representedMwithout doing manual adjustment entries Source Fin CorpSource Fin Source FinConsolidated reporting SourceSourceSource Source GLSource GLSource GL Sub Sub Sub 112 Ledgers Ledgers Ledgers ConsolidatedDRM - Accounts & Hierarchy Sub Fin Source Fin 2 LedgerSLAJournalsGL ReportsEngine Entries Balances & Analysis Source Source GL Sub 2 LedgersFAHImportPost Consolidate AllocateAs Is Flow Flow with FAH4.5. Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub vs. Hyperion Financial ManagementDepending on client complexity and need, either Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub or Oracles Hyperion Financial Managementneeds to be leveraged for the client. If client has complexity factor like complex company structure (joint ventures, minorityinterests) or multi-currency analytics (where need is to perform constant currency analysis or operational variance analysis net offoreign exchange) Hyperion Financial Management would be a better product as compared to Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub.However where client is either using Oracle E-Business Suite or Non Oracle applications and does not have complex consolidationrequirements then Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub will be the best fit.4.6. Use Oracle Fusion Middleware to get the full benefit of Oracle Fusion ApplicationsOracle Fusion Applications leverages all features of Oracle Fusion Middleware like unified data model, flexible data hierarchymanagement, configurable and extensible, flexible business process customization, consistency across business functions,new predictive analytical applications, flexible data model, flexible Business Intelligence along with identity and applicationsmanagement Infosys White Paper | 11 12. 5. Illustrative Examples5.1. Demerger ScenarioClient Context and Requirement Client A is a new company created (say for e.g. Shares Trading Division) as part of demerger or spinoff. Within short span of time they have to establish their ERP-Financials system along with reporting capabilities. Implementationcannot be lift and replace from earlier company, it has to start fresh and need to be simple and modular to meet current as well asfuture growth requirements.Key Solution Points mplement Oracle Fusion Applications Financial Pillars as its fresh implementationI racle Fusion Accounting Hub to integrate accounting with source trading systemsO nhanced GL reporting capabilities providingE - Powerful Allocation Engine - Prebuilt Multi Dimensions Cubes - No need to reconcile reporting system with financial system because both systems are fused into being one and the sameBenefits ow risk, high visibility Oracle Fusion ApplicationsL nprecedented financial control, reporting and analysis platform within single application with no integration needU odular applications are easy to add 3rd party trading systems as well as other Oracle Fusion Applications as needed inMfuture5.2. Multiple ERP Applications ScenarioClient Context and Requirement Client A has grown over years by acquisition and has multiple ERP applications to capturefinancial transactions. Its current home grown legacy system to generate accounting entries from multiple source system to feedinto multiple GL is no longer a viable solution. Client is looking for an accounting Hub solution, which can integrate with existingERP applications.Key Solution Points mplement Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub as co-existence solution with Oracle and People Soft applicationsI racle Fusion General Ledger is a single source of truth for all financial reportingO xisting GL will feed data into Oracle Fusion General Ledger leveraging out of box integrationE ntegrate Data from Multiple source system through centralized Accounting Hub in Oracle Fusion Accounting HubI nhanced GL reporting capabilities providingE - Powerful Allocation Engine - Prebuilt Multi Dimensions Cubes - No need to reconcile reporting system with financial system because both systems are fused into being one and the sameBenefits ne single source of truth for all financial reportingO lexible and Modular approach for 3rd party integrationF nprecedented financial control, reporting and analysis platform within single application with no integration needU12 | Infosys White Paper 13. 6. ConclusionThis paper provides an overview of the Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub, its components and how they would interact withan existing Oracle E-Business Suite or PeopleSoft Financials application. We also discussed the different implementation anddesign considerations.With the release of Oracle Fusion Applications, Oracle has brought together the best practices and designs of the variousproducts in its portfolio and created a compelling offering in the Financials area. A new implementation of Oracle FusionApplications would definitely provide significant benefits to the customer.The large number of organizations that have already made a significant investment in a leading financial application likeOracle E-Business Suite or Oracles PeopleSoft can also derive compelling value through the implementation of Oracle FusionAccounting Hub on top of their existing Financial Applications. The benefits include better controllership through the SLA,more flexible account hierarchy definition and maintenance, better control on consolidation and allocations and overall bestin class reporting through the Hyperion system. Moreover Oracle has made the implementation simpler through well-definedand well documented interfaces. For customers needing a solution to some of the problems identified in this document, OracleFusion Accounting Hub is certainly a product worth considering.7. Oracle Fusion Applications Practice at InfosysInfosys combines technical and industry leading practices to deliver successful business solutions and enables you to maximizereturns on your Oracle investments.The Oracle Fusion Applications Practice at Infosys has significant experience in Oracle Fusion Applications co-development withOracle and vast consulting experience with Oracle products. Customers get robust implementations, faster rollouts, de-riskedupgrades, best quality development and deployment processes.Oracle Fusion Applications Center Of Excellence (COE) at Infosys 1 Tools and accelerators for OracleFusion Applications adoptionAccelerators, Methodology & Framework for OracleTools & Fusion Applications adoption 5Methodology Co-existence Solutions KitsSolutions & Oracle FusionThought2 Applications Red-Papers LeadershipOracle Fusion CompetencyBuilding Training Oracle Applications COE consultants on OracleFusion Applications 43 OracleTechnology ContinuousPartnershipExpertise Expertise on Oracle Fusion Co-development actives Middleware Technologies with Oracle Infosys White Paper | 13 14. 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